Senate roll call 37 · 48th Congress · Feb 7, 1884
To amend the private land claims bill S. 19, which amendment provides that the court may be called upon to pass on every title and every right which the united
On Feb 7, 1884, the Senate voted 13–29 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–12, Democrats 3–17, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 members voted against their own party.
During the 48th Congress (1883–1884), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 13
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 7, 1884
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the private land claims bill S. 19…: Senate Vote, Feb 7, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-37/to-amend-the-private-land-claims-bill-s-19 (accessed 2026-10-17).